Tag: McKeeva Bush
Bush secures trial delay over alleged hidden agenda
(CNS): A request by McKeeva Bush MP for a delay in his forthcoming indecent assault trial has been granted by the Grand Court as a result of questions surrounding the full disclosure of evidence by the crown. Bush appeared in court on Monday, when his attorney, Dennis Brady, applied to move the case from next […]
Mac loses OBE after review by UK committee
(CNS): The royal gong awarded to McKeeva Bush MP in 1997 has been revoked. The former speaker of parliament, who is facing two separate allegations of sexual abuse, claimed in a social media post that he had written to the UK Honours Forfeiture Committee to surrender his OBE. However, CNS reported in October last year […]
‘Absolutely, definitely not guilty’ says Bush
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) emphatically denied rape and sexual assault charges on Friday when he pleaded, “Absolutely, definitely not guilty” to both counts against him. After Bush answered the indictment on historic sexual offences in Grand Court, a jury trial was set for 6 November.
Bush case stalls over legal costs
(CNS): Former premier and speaker of the House McKeeva Bush (68) appeared in Grand Court briefly on Friday, facing charges of rape and indecent assault, but the case was adjourned until next week as the veteran West Bay politician is facing issues over legal representation. Bush was still walking with the aid of a cane […]
Mac hits back at ‘ineffective’ opposition leader
(CNS): McKeeva Bush is threatening to expose politicians that he claims have beaten women, as he berated the opposition leader and accused the women he has allegedly assaulted of exaggerating. After Roy McTaggart’s call for the West Bay MP to be removed from the Public Accounts Committee, Bush said McTaggart was an “ineffective, unreliable” leader […]
PPM challenges premier to oust Mac from PAC
(CNS): PPM Leader Roy McTaggart is challenging Premier Wayne Panton to remove beleaguered MP McKeeva Bush from the high-profile Public Accounts Committee following the news that he had been charged with rape. The opposition leader has also asked if Panton will continue to allow Bush to remain on the government benches, given that he now […]
Bush claims rape allegation is political
(CNS): In a short statement issued to the media yesterday following his appearance in court on rape and sexual assault charges, McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) has denied the allegations. He referred to an “evil plot” and a “malicious accusation”, which he suggested were politically motivated. He claimed the allegation was made by a woman that […]
Bush charged with rape in historic allegation
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP (WBW), a former speaker of the House and a former premier of the Cayman Islands, has been charged with rape. Police have been investigating at least one historic allegation against him in relation to sexual offences for more than six months. Bush was charged early Wednesday and appeared in court via […]
Banks claim to help, as gov’t plans review of rates
(CNS): Government will continue to press local banks to reduce interest rates, and it has accepted a motion by McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) to look at creating a local interest rate-setting body and allow the government-funded Cayman Islands Development Bank to accept deposits. But the local retail banks have defended their refusal to delay or […]
Minister blames ‘environment’ for planning delays
(CNS): Planning Minister Jay Ebanks pointed the finger at the Department of Environment on Wednesday, maintaining that environmental input was delaying planning applications, though he offered no evidence to support the accusation. That same day, several MPs once again indirectly railed against the National Conservation Law and the environmental impact assessment for the East-West Arterial […]
Cabinet cracks deepen over road debate
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton’s ongoing struggle to hold the PACT coalition together was laid bare last Thursday when his front- and backbench colleagues made it quite clear that they do not support a major part of his policy agenda. The debate over a private member’s motion on the environmental impact assessment for the controversial East-West […]
